Parent taxon: Boidae according to A. M. Albino and A. A. Carlini 2008
See also Holman and Case 1988, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Longrich et al. 2012, McGrew et al. 1959, Perrier 1928, Rage 1984 and Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
Sister taxa: Anilioides, Cadurcoboa, Candoia, Chilabothrus, Dawsonophis, Erycinae, Eunectes, Hechtophis, Lithophis, Messelophis, Neurodromicus, Paraplatyspondylia, Python, Rageophis, Rieppelophis, Totlandophis, Tropidophis, Ungaliophiinae
Subtaxa: Acrantophis Bavarioboa Boa Chubutophis Corallus Daunophis Epicrates Hordleophis Palaeopython Paleryx Plesiotortrix Rukwanyoka Sanjuanophis Tallahattaophis Titanoboa Waincophis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Argentina (2), the Bahamas (2), Brazil (1), Guadeloupe (3), Madagascar (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Myanmar (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (4), Austria (1), Brazil (2), the Czech Republic (3), France (1), Germany (5), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (2), United States (2: Florida, Texas), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of France (5), Germany (4), Tanzania (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (5), France (12), Germany (2), India (1), Pakistan (1), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (5), United States (4: Alabama, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Brazil (1)
• Paleocene of Colombia (1)
Total: 87 collections including 112 occurrences